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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1947

1,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 55

Mayfield East Teacher Retiring

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1947 · page 5

A farewell presentation will he made to-night to Mrs. Norman, who is retiring from the teaching staff of Mayfield East School. Mrs…

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"Wine Bar" Site for New Cardiff School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1947 · page 2

The "wine bar" site at the Cross Roads, near Cardiff, would be reserved for a public school, and not for the Housing Commission, as…

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Letters to Editor Teachers and Parties

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1947 · page 5

Sir,—As a delegate to the Education Conference held in Sydney last week end, I was present at the session when the President of the…

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Tighe's Hill School Wants Repairs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1947 · page 5

Although estimates of repairs to Tighe's hill Central School had been passed by the Department of Education, nothing had been none to effect…

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Needlework Teacher To Visit Swansea

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1947 · page 8

A needlework teacher would visit Swansea School twice a week, the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) advised Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A…

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Schoolchildren Killed In Plane Crash

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1947 · page 3

CARACAS (Venezuela), April 9. A.A.P.—Twenty-six people, including 24 high school students, returning from the Holy Week vacation, are…

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Cannot Collect in Schools for Lake Home Appeal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1947 · page 2

Lake Convalescent Home Appeal Committee last night was advised by the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) that approval could not be…

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Tenterfield School May Have Hostel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 April 1947 · page 2

TENTERFIELD, Sunday.—To provide residential facilities for out-of-town children at the new Tenter-field High School, to be built at…

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Want More Rooms At Swansea School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 April 1947 · page 4

Because some pupils have to use an open shed, Swansea Parents and Citizens' Association has asked the Department of Education to provide…

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Want Subsidy For School Radios

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 April 1947 · page 5

Merewether Parents and Citizens' Association decided last night to ask the District Council of P. and C. Associations to press for a…

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Mayfield Teacher Farewelled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 April 1947 · page 8

Mrs. E. Norman, on the eve of her retirement from the Department of Education after 46 years' service, was farewelled at a function arranged by…

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N.Z. Schoolboys Travel by Air

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 April 1947 · page 12

THE New Zealand schoolboy Soccer team is to arrive in Sydney on August 16 and will return on September 9—by air…

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Mr. Baddeley's Policy New Girls' High School For Cessnock

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 April 1947 · page 4

Mr. Baddeley announced last night that funds were to be placed on the next Education Department estimates for the construction of a girls'…

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Sewing Machine for Stockton School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 April 1947 · page 5

Stockton Parents and Citizens' Association decided to buy a new sewing machine for the school. It was reported that library books…

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Suburban and District Lake Macquarie Teachers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 April 1947 · page 5

Lake Macquarie Shire Council informed Lake Macquarie branch of the Teachers' Federation that funds were not available to remove paspalum…

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Want School Playground Graded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 April 1947 · page 5

Waratah School Parents and Citizens' Association last night decided to ask the Deportment of Education to have the school playground graded…

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School Radios for Waratah

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 April 1947 · page 6

Waratah P. and C. Association last night advanced its plans for the Raising of funds to install radio equipment in girls' and boys' sections…

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Beresfield School "Overcrowded"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 April 1947 · page 5

Enrolment at Beresfield school was 146, but as each of the three classrooms was built to accommodate 40 children, the problem was critical,…

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Parents Help Brighten Infants' School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 April 1947 · page 8

THE GENEROUS response of parents of many of the 450 children at the New Lambton Infants' School to two special school appeals has…

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Beresfield School Needs More Rooms

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 April 1947 · page 6

The Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) had informed him that he would treat as urgent a request of Tarro-Beresfield Progress Association…

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